Chinese astronomy/astrology developed into a complex system entirely
independent from Mesopotamian astronomy or astrology. The difference ranges
from how the Chinese tracked objects through the night sky to the
philosophical elements that made up the heavens, to their basic interpretation
from what they perceived to be astrological predictions. However, the one
thing both ancient cultures have in common is that they were both obsessed
with finding out what made the heavens move and how their movement affected
humans on Earth. Some of the earliest texts from Mesopotamia were stones
inscribed with astrological data. The same can be said for the Chinese
civilization. For example, some of the earliest written artifacts of Chinese
civilization are found on so-called dragon bones, inscribed pieces of tortoise
shell used by the ancients for divination. [Chinese Astrology]
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Understanding Chinese Astrology

Fortune cookies are fun, but Chinese astrology is much more intricate
and satisfying than any feel-good sentence on a piece of paper. For almost
five thousand years, people have looked for guidance in this system, based
on the movement of heavenly bodies, the Chinese calendar, and its cycle of
animals.

Chinese astrologists focus on a person's birthday and birth hours in
analyzing their fate and destiny. Yet for the most part, this type of
astrology is used to uncover information about the lifestyle, character
and emotional state of a person. Let's explore this timeless tradition,
used every day by millions of people.

The use of Chinese astrology precedes 2637 BC, when it was officialized
under the rule of Emperor Huang Ti. It emerged and developed alongside the
Chinese writing system, and was soon conjoined with some tenets of Eastern
philosophy, particularly the beliefs elaborated by Confucius, Lao-tse and
the Yi Jing.

Yet the roots of Chinese astrology lie in astronomy. In China, the
ancients didn't look at the sky in the same way that their Western
counterparts did. Instead of 88 constellations, the Chinese had only 28,
each with different names. Amid these constellations, five planets were
seen as being of particular significance: Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars,
and Saturn. Each planet was said to represent a major element of life:
metal (gold), wood, water, fire, and earth, respectively.

The way that the stars are laid out in relation to the sun, the moon,
the comets, and the Chinese zodiac signs were said to determine the
destiny of the person born under them. To understand this notion more
clearly, the Chinese zodiac system requires some explanation.

Symbolism in Chinese Astrology

The astrology that is practiced in the East is quite different to that
of the West mainly because of the way each divides up and charts the year.
The fundamental difference underlying the two systems is that, whereas in
the West the calendar is based on the sun, in the East the Oriental year
is based on the cycle of the moon. And whereas in the West the New Year is
always constant, falling annually on the 1st of January, because the
Chinese calculate the beginning of their year according to the second New
Moon following the Winter Solstice, it means that their New Year is not
fixed but may occur sometime within a span ranging from the middle of
January to the middle of February.

Unlike Western astrology which uses the Zodiac and symbolism of the
planets, Chinese astrology uses twelve animals as a form of shorthand to
represent the nature and character of those born in the different years.
Under the Chinese astrological system a complete analysis of an individual
would have to take into account the year of birth, the element, the
yin/yang polarity, the month of birth, and the hour of birth. When
analyzing an individual, it is the year sign that lays down the
fundamental description of character, but this character is subject to
refinement by the element, polarity and animal characteristics governing
both the month and hour of birth.

Chinese astrology is a deep and complex subject when all the layers of
analysis are overlaid. Yet despite its complexity, it still allows ample
scope for an individual to glean fascinating information about his or her
personality even from a cursory glance at its ancient wisdom.

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The most startling difference between Chinese and Western astrology is the
method or system the Chinese used to track the planets throughout the night
sky. Each civilization was able to distinguish planets from the other stars
located in the sky, but the reference points found in the sky are much
different. The Western (Mesopotamian-Babylonian-Hellenistic-etc...) stellar
positions are found by reference to the ecliptic, known to the Chinese as the
Yellow Path, that is, an imaginary line through the heavens traced by the
Sun. [Read more about Chinese
Astrology] This may seem like the same thing, but the Chinese locate heavenly
bodies with respect to the celestial north pole and the celestial equator
(called the Red Path by the Chinese) rather than with respect to the ecliptic
(termed the Yellow Path). [Chinese Astrology]

As a consequence of the two different observational systems, two kinds of
astrological interpretation sprang up. In the West, astrology is based on the
computations of movements of planetary bodies along the ecliptic, or zodiac.
In Chinese astrology, the "lunar zodiac" has prime importance. In this the sky
is divided into 28 segments, each one representing a day of the moon's path
through the sky.[2] This leads us to the fact that in Chinese astrology there
are many stars and constellations of importance to the Chinese astrology that
are irrelevant in Western astrology.[2] This being said, a Western astronomer
would have a hard time recognizing a star map produced by a Chinese
astrologer, even though its the same sky!!

A cultural and philosophical difference between the astrological systems of
Western and Chinese astrology has to do with the classical elements. For
example, the four classical elements of the Western World-earth, air, fire,
and water-are comparable to, yet contrast with, the five elements of East
Asian philosophy-earth, fire, water, metal, and wood. [Chinese
Astrology] The Chinese associate these five elements with the most visible
planets- Saturn (earth), Mars (fire), Mercury (water), Venus (metal), and
Jupiter (wood). These elements are a basis for the astrological predictions
made about the future or divination. It is surprising how totally different
civilizations happened to come up with almost the same fundamental elements of
the Universe.

As mentioned above, in Chinese astrology importance is situated around the
moon's motion through the zodiac rather than the motion of the Sun through the
zodiac. The position of the moon for different days is referred to as the
"lunar mansion" in Chinese Astrology. The 28 lunar mansions are particularly
important for determine which action is most appropriate for a given day. [Chinese
Astrology] The lunar mansions are divided into 4 groups of 7 in relation to
the seasons of the year. The groups are categorized as follows: The Green
Dragon of Spring, The Black Tortoise of Winter, The White Tiger of Autumn, The
Red Bird of Summer. The 28 lunar mansions constitute the oldest Chinese
"zodiac". The Lunar Mansions form the traditional background for all of
Chinese Astrology. However, I found it quite difficult to find an online
source reliable enough to use with information about the 28 Chinese Mansions.

The most commonly known signs of Chinese astrology are the 12 signs of the
Animal Zodiac. The 12 animal signs originated outside of china proper, perhaps
in the northern central Asia. These 12 signs derive not from the 12 months of
the year, but from the 12 years of the Jupiter cycle (Jupiter takes
approximately a dozen years to complete one orbit of the sun). [Chinese
Astrology] The 12 signs of the Chinese Zodiac were not as essential to the
Chinese as the 28 lunar mansions were. More emphasis was put on the lunar
mansions in determining the divination of something. However, more commonly
known to western society are the 12 signs of the of the Animal Zodiac. These
12 signs are the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit (cat), Dragon, Snake (Serpent), Horse,
Sheep (Goat), Monkey, Cock, Dog, and Pig (Boar). [Chinese Astrology] The
Animal sign associated with a person has to do with the year in the Chinese
calendar the person was born. In contrast to the Western year, the Chinese
year begins on variable dates (on the second new moon after the winter
solstice) in late January or early February.

The comparison of Western and Asian astrology has led me to believe that even
though two civilizations that were geographically separated and had very
little contact were able to come up with slightly comparable astrological
ideas. Yes, the actual methods the used to carry out astronomical observations
and the ideas they came up with regarding astrology were different, but the
overall theme of studying the heavens spans both civilizations. Things they
had in common were that both civilizations attempted to predict the future and
rely heavily on the heaven above to determine the outcome of life events. Is
this just human nature? Why did both the Babylonians and ancient Chinese
develop the same ideas with respect to the heavens? Did all ancient
civilizations come to the same conclusion that the orientation of the heavens
has a direct influence on our life?

Enquiry

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Bazi Astrology: The Bazi is the data of
natal and the bazi astrology is one of the Chinese Astrology that
prediction one's fortune and density base on one's bazi. Furthermore, it
can also tell the love compatibility based on bazi.

Destiny Prediction: Chinese destiny
prediction are also described as several other names including
Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology, Chinese Zodiac and Feng Shui.
Anyway, the basic concept is that one's fortune and destiny is mainly base
on their natal data (Bazi).
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Love Horoscope: This the fortune
telling aspect concerning love, the Love Horoscope provides prediction for
love. Maybe you are the one who involved in the romance and can't see
clear about your future. The Love Horoscope provides answers that may help
you.

Marriage Compatibility: Many
people want to know their marriage compatibility. The marriage
compatibility analysis is based on their bazi and using Chinese Horoscope,
Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac. It has long history and is still
working today.

Numerology: The Chinese numerology is a
ancient science that contains the knowledge of people about the
university. Using the mathematic method to calculate and predict one's
future. Even today, the Chinese Numerology is still consider as one of the
most accurate fortune telling method in the world.

Zodiac
Match The Chinese Zodiac is
indicate by 12 animal sign each one has its own character and that can
reveal their destiny and fortune related to the animal and the people with
this Chinese Zodiac sign.The Marriage
Astrology is the Chinese The Love Astrology that encompassing your
marriage including the destiny of your spouse's family as well as how is
the relationship between yours and your spouse's family.

Bazi Reading: The bazi reading is the
result of Chinese Fortune Telling, Chinese horoscope and Chinese
Astrology. It can be a predication of one's future ore one's past. Based
on the Bazi, the natal data, most important tendencies can be revealed
from a bazi reading.

Feng Shui: Feng Shui is part of environment
science and part of psychic. When human being can live harmonically with
the environment, then the people have good psychical condition and then
have good performance in every aspect and getting the result of feeling
good luck.

Love Horoscopes: Are you looking for
your true love, or do you want to know when your next love will come. the
Love Horoscope will let you know more about your love destiny in the
future.

Marriage Horoscope: The marriage the
one of the most important issue in one's life. You may want to know how it
you marriage life. The Marriage Horoscopes can let you know how is your
marriage life, may it be good or not, may be happy ending?

Psychic Reading: Chinese Fortune Telling
is also considered as a Psychic Reading. In many time, when someone
encounter obstacles and difficulti4es that they can't solve, they will ask
suggestion from a fortune teller.

Destiny Reading: If you would like to
know about your destiny in future and past, the destiny reading can
provide you the answer. The destiny reading can encompass in some
particular topics, like love compatibility, wealth, health and career.
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Bazi Report: The bazi report contain the
prediction of one's destiny created by a Chinese Fortune Teller. The
Chinese Fortune Teller will forecast someone's destiny by numerology
approaches using someone's natal data (Bazi)

Fortune Reading: The Fortune Reading
provide the information and prediction of the fortune and destiny
generated by a Feng Shui master based on Chinese Horoscope, Chinese
Astrology or Chinese Zodiac.

The Chinese Zodiac consists of a 12-year cycle, each year of which is
named after a different animal that imparts distinct characteristics to
its year. Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the
primary factor in deciding that person's personality traits, physical and
mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his/her
lifetime.

In China, instead of asking your age, people may ask you questions like
"what do you belong to?" Don't ever think that you are expected to answer
like "I belong to the US". You are supposed to belong to one of twelve
animals! (Those are mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep,
monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.) It is not that weird as you have to follow
the order of a mouse or a tiger. That is Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese
Zodiac is based on a twelve year cycle --- each year being represented by
an animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year. Many Chinese
believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in
determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental
attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his lifetime. Do
you want to discover the secrecy of your fate deduced from Chinese theory
of fate? Just select the date you were born on the left and begin your
fancy exploration in our website. While, don't take it serious if it's so
great or terrible. Just for fun! Actually, in China, this is just an
alternative way to say how old you are.

Romance Compatibility: The Romance
Compatibility is the analysis about the relationship between someone and
her or his lover or spouse. The analysis including how is the
compatibility between them and how the result of their love.

Career Forecast: Many people feel
difficult to make decision when they are in the crossroad of selecting
their job. The career forecast base on Chinese Horoscope, Chinese
Astrology or Chinese Zodiac will provide the solution about one's career
forecast and career compatibility with his or her bazi.

Future prediction: The future
prediction is generated by Chinese Fortune Teller. The Chinese Fortune
Teller base on Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac,
that including Zi Wei Dou Shu and Bazi to predict the future and telling
people what is good to do in particular time frame.

Love Zodiac: You may want to have more romantic experience, or you
want to escape from romantic mess? The love zodiac reveals the solution
you are looking for.

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Career Horoscope: You may be in the
cross road in your career, you don't know whether to stay in your current
job or looking for a new one. The Career Horoscope provide the prediction
that based on your Bazi and Chinese fortune telling to forecast you career
destiny and stimulate your thinking in your career.

Love Feng Shui: The love Feng Shui is
about the approaches of Feng Shui to promote good luck to love. It is part
of the Chinese Fortune Telling and combining with the environment science.

Romance Horoscope: You may involved in
romance, or you may have more than one lover and you do not know who is
the one that is the true love in our life. The Romance Horoscope may help
you to find the answer for your.

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Chinese Horoscopes: More about
Chinese Horoscopes, there are many kinds of approaches in Chinese
Horoscopes and most of them have thousand years of history. Many people
still apply these old Chinese Horoscopes in modern life when making
critical decisions.

Love Forecast: Chinese Horoscope is wildly
applied for love forecast. It can tell one's past and future in love
as well as love compatibility, love destiny and fortune of your lover and
spouse.

Love karma: Love Karma is the study of the
relationship in love. Whether the love relationship is pre-determinate?
How is the love relationship between someone and his or her lover or
spouse and how is their love compatibility.

Money Feng Shui: Feng Shui is also used
to finding out the way of making more money. The Feng Shui can create a
environment that match someone's bazi (natal data), then they have more
good luck and can earn more money.
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Wealth Feng Shui: Wealth Feng Shui just
is like the Love Feng Shui that the Chinese Fortune Teller or Feng Shui
experts will provide come suggestions that can promote someone's destiny
to gain more wealth.

Career Horoscopes: The Career
Horoscopes provide the answer about your career destiny. The Career
Horoscopes will reveal about your internal tendency and how these
tendencies affect your career and also provide the directions about the
career that synergy your internal tendencies. Therefore you have better
development in your career.

Love Fortune Telling: Love Fortune
Telling is the most common topic that people want to know about it.
Chinese fortune teller will use different method t predict someone's love
destiny and provide suggestion.

Love Psychic Reading: Many people
feel hard to understand the love issue including himself or herself and
his or her lover or spouse. The Love psychic reading may provide some
clues that help people to understand more about their love relationship
and love compatibility between them and their lover and spouse.

Money Forecast: Everyone want to have
more money. Many Chinese Fortune Teller and use their knowledge in Chinese
Horoscope, Chinese Astrology or Chinese Zodiac to find out the good lucky
time frame in getting that synergy with one's bazi.
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Zodiac Compatibility: Many people concern
their career destiny, the Zodiac Compatibility is part of the Chinese
Astrology try to explain and reveal the fact and destiny in someone's
career. The career astrology will cover what direction and field of work
will suitable to who and when is the good time to adopt what kind of job
that can synergy one's destiny.

Love Compatibility: The love
compatibility is the analysis between someone and his or her lover or
spouse. The analysis will include how is their relationship or even the
relationship between two families. Chinese Fortune Teller believe that the
love compatibility is pre-determinate and can be revealed in their natal
data(bazi) as well as the environment factor including the time frame.
Even today, when many people feel hard to make decision in their love,
they still will look consultancy about their love compatibility from
Chinese Fortune Telling.

Online Chinese Astrology
More about Chinese Astrology, there are many kinds of approaches in Chinese
Astrology and most of them have thousand years of history. Many people still
apply these old Chinese Astrology in modern life when making critical
decisions.

Online Chinese Astrology:
Chinese Astrology Telling is one of the most accurate fortune telling
methods in the world. The Chinese Astrology Telling has very long history
and still is consider as a very using psychical tools as well as consultancy
in many events. The Chinese Astrology Telling has different approaches
including Zi Wei Dou Shu and Bazi (4-Pillar). Although, the Chinese
Astrology Telling has long history, it is still popular today.

When certain two stems are together with Attraction Relationship, the energy
of a certain element might increase. When two or three branches are together
with Attraction Relationship, the strength of a certain element might
increase, too. Stem Attraction Relationship Yang Wood and Yin Earth are next
together, the strength of Earth increases. Yin Wood and Yang Metal are next
together, the strength of Metal increases. Yang Fire and Yin Metal are next
together, the strength of Water increases. Yin Fire and Yang Water are next
together, the strength of Wood increases.

Yang Earth and Yin Water are next together, the strength of Fire increases.
When Yang Wood and Yin Earth are together, Yang Wood might transform into
Yang Earth if Dog, Dragon or Horse under Yang Wood and Earth Stem of Earth
next to Yang Wood. When Yin Wood and Yang Metal are together, Yin Wood might
transform into Yin Metal if Chicken, Sheep or Cow under Yin Wood and Stem of
Metal next to Yin Wood.

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While the astrology and horoscopes of the west looks at the time of a
person's birth in any given year, Chinese astrology places significance on
the year itself. The Chinese zodiac is a 60 year cycle, containing five
sub-cycles of twelve years, in which each consecutive year has its own
animal symbol and horoscope.

If you turn twenty after the Chinese New Year in 2008, you were born in
the year of the Dragon, but if this is the year that sees your 21st
birthday, you were born in the year of the Rabbit. People are often referred
to by their zodiac animals, so babies born this year will be Rats and
expected to have personalities to match.

Legend has it that it was originally Buddha who gave the sequence of
years to the dozen animals who attended the farewell meeting he called
before he left the earth.

In each of its years, the animals of the Chinese zodiac have an
association with one of the five elements of metal, water, wood, fire or
earth. Once they have all gone through these five elements, the 60 year
cycle is complete, and starts again. The elements also affect the
individuals born in their years. But their basic personality traits of the
animals remain the same. Here is a run down of the twelve zodiac animals and
their characteristics.

From all this, you can see that Chinese Zodiac is not a predictive art as
it is for western practitioners. Instead it is an art that is interpretive
and philosophical. It is perhaps a way to help us understand ourselves, our
partners, and all the other people in both our work and social lives.

Western Astrology is very different from Chinese astrology. Chinese
Zodiac is arguably the most developed and the most followed branch of
astrology in the world. The portion of Chinese astrology that the Western
world is most familiar with is the Chinese Horoscopes.

All bout Chinese Horoscope, Chinese Astrology (Chinese Horoscopes,
Numerology), Chinese Zodiac, Love Compatibility, Numerology, Chinese
Horoscopes, Bazi, Fortune Telling, Chinese Astrology, Psychic Reading and
Chinese Prediction. Chinese Astrology Telling (Chinese Astrology, Chinese
Horoscope, Numerology) is one of the oldest Astrology approaches utilized to
describes one's past, present and future. It attempts to explain why one
person's fortune is so different from another's. Why do some people have
good fortune, social position, riches or long life, while some others are
unlucky, suffer tragedies, are poor or die young? The fortune is controlled
by one's horoscope.

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More you can find in Chinese Astrology. The twelve
Chinese horoscope signs are represented by twelve carefully chosen
animals. These are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep
(or Goat), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Together, the signs are part of
a 12-year astrological cycle and your sign will depend on which year you
were born. Note that the years are Chinese years so each year begins on
Chinese New Year rather than 1st January.

The Chinese Astrology is first divided into the five elements: Metal,
Earth, Fire, Wood and Water. Then it's divided into the 12 animal signs,
so people who have the same sign can have different elemental influences
which can bring in different qualities. Briefly...

Metal People are determined, ambitious, self-reliant and good
problem-solvers.

Earth People are logical, intelligent, reliable and make good
planners and administrators.

Fire People are confident, adventurous, good decision-makers and
natural-born leaders.

Wood People have high morals, make very good friends, are unselfish
and have faith in their abilities.

Water People are very good communicators, flexible in their thinking
and have excellent intuition.

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Chinese Fortune

Some time later the dog arrived in eleventh place. The Emperor expressed
surprise that it had taken her so long despite the fact she was a better
swimmer than most of the other animals. The dog explained that it was
precisely her love of the water that had delayed her ˇV it had been so
refreshing that she simply couldnˇ¦t resist playing around for a while. Just
as the emperor was wondering if no other animal would reach the finish, an
oink, oink, oink was heard and of the pig came waddling into view. To
nobodyˇ¦s surprise he related how he hadnˇ¦t been able to resist the
temptation of stopping and filling his belly with acorns. After that he had
felt the need for a nap, and had only woken up a short time before. And so
the pig became the twelfth and last animal of the zodiac cycle.

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Zi Wei Dou Shu 12-House (Palace), they rule the different areas of life.
They are superimposed on the 12 boxes according to the Moon and to the Hour
of Birth. House I (Destiny) is first set, then the others follow clockwise.
- House I: Destiny - House II: Parents - House III: Luck - House IV: Real
Estate - House V: Vocation - House VI: Friends - House VII: Others - House
VIII: Health - House IX: Finances - House X: Children - House XI: Union -
House XII: Brothers House I: Destiny It's naturally the main house of a
chart. The Destiny House should be stronger than any other house. HOUSE II:
PARENTS The energies located in this House describe the parents, their
social situation, their harmony, their links with their children. As usual,
a BAR is not really auspicious: it may indicate divorce, struggles or
removal from the parents house.